Insecurity: Beyond carrot and stick strategy - Terror wars are costly, always protracted and bloody. From experience around the world, they have never been won within any known time frame. Since the 9/11bombing of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre by Al-Quaeda, America has only succeeded in killing key leaders of the terrorist organisation, but the violent Islamists remain a potent threat to the global interests of the United States and its allies.